Bug #48026 Log start and end of InnoDB buffer pool initialization to

the error log

storage/innobase/srv/srv0start.c

@@ -1334,8 +1334,27 @@ innobase_start_or_create_for_mysql(void)
 	fil_init(srv_file_per_table ? 50000 : 5000,
 		 srv_max_n_open_files);
 
+	/* Print time to initialize the buffer pool */
+	ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		" InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size =");
+
+	if (srv_buf_pool_size >= 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			" %.1fG\n",
+			((double) srv_buf_pool_size) / (1024 * 1024 * 1024));
+	} else {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			" %.1fM\n",
+			((double) srv_buf_pool_size) / (1024 * 1024));
+	}
+
 	err = buf_pool_init(srv_buf_pool_size, srv_buf_pool_instances);
 
+	ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		" InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool\n");
+
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 			"InnoDB: Fatal error: cannot allocate the memory"